Turkey Day is coming!!!! So why in the world and I am sharing a Beef Roast recipe?!?! I'm just sharing it as an option. In case you don't like turkey. (I don't like turkey. I mean I'll eat it, but I really don't like it. I think years of stuffing myself, followed by a tryptophan-induced coma has led me to a place of admitting that I just don't like turkey! I can flavor it … [Read more...]
Caramelized Onion & Blue Cheese Bruschetta
You want to wow your friends and family this holiday?? Here is a super simple and ridiculously flavorful appetizer to serve. Caramelized Onion & Blue Cheese Bruschetta. Take two powerful and complementary flavors and put them together on a tiny piece of warm bread... Whether you're a guest at your family gathering, or hosting it...my Holiday Entertaining Guide … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Blackberry Ginger Pork Loin
You'll never make pork loin another way. Seriously! I'm still seeing crazy deals for blackberries in my store (even though it's long past berry season!) If you happened to stock up and freeze any blackberries, you need to use a few to make this. Like, tomorrow. I highly recommend using fresh ginger. You could use ground ginger, but the fresh ginger gives the sauce … [Read more...]
Crab Cake Macaroni & Cheese Recipe
I am super-de-duper stoked to share this recipe with you. I knew right away what crab recipe I would feature...a recipe that is both budget friendly (yeah for cheap pasta and getting cheese on sale!), but would also be pleasing to my Maryland-raised husband! Hello, crab cake mac n cheese... This delicious-ness right here is like a crab cake and a bowl of mac n cheese had … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Cookie Dough Bites
These little cookie dough bites are like taking a bite out of Autumn. It's like Autumn just threw a party on your taste buds. Cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg...and some pumpkin. See what I mean... Can you taste them yet? There you go... Get some made and enjoy all those flavors of fall in a small, guiltless bite of Pumpkin Pie Cookie Dough … [Read more...]
New Meal Plan Available: 20 Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Meals for $150
Need help with meal planning this holiday season? Let me take care of it for you...so you can focus on more important things like getting the best deals on gifts for your family and friends, or making homemade treats for your neighbors and kiddos' teachers! Let me introduce you to the all-new "breakfast, lunch and dinner meal plan" that will save your meals this busy holiday … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Cowboy Beans
Ride 'em Cowboy! Get your boots on and toss these delicious beans onto the table for a filling and scrumptious dinner. Our family gives these beans a huge stamp of approval...even my bean-averse kiddo loved these. The BBQ-the bacon-the beef-the beans....perfect cowboy food! Yeehaw!!! Beyond the fabulous flavor, this meal was super easy to throw together. Here's … [Read more...]
Chicken Waldorf Salad
Would it be okay to admit that I licked that little bowl clean? I hope that's okay...because I just admitted it. This chicken salad is so fresh. And crunchy. And delicious. Like yes, lick-the-bowl clean delicious. It's the sweet-tangy yogurt combined with all the amazing "Waldorf flavors" in a little bowl of perfection. Needs to be licked clean perfection. I'm almost … [Read more...]
Banana Mango Spinach Smoothie
A year and a half ago, I had the pleasure of meeting these Green Smoothie Rawkstars...as they call themselves. They are beautiful people, inside and out, and I am so stoked for their new cookbook. Their goal and mission is clear: help you lose weight, improve your health, prevent a disease, nourish your family, feel happier and get fit....by drinking one green smoothie a … [Read more...]
Homemade Egg Drop Soup Recipe
Just because it looks fancy and is something that you normally enjoy at a Chinese restaurant doesn't mean you can't make it at home. Egg Drop Soup seems like the elusive soup. At least it always did for me. Maybe because it was just something you "ate when dining out." BUT...it's so flipping simple to make at home. I didn't realize I'd never shared an Egg Drop Soup … [Read more...]